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Sugar Shaker

from Sleeper by Caravan Ray

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Gather ‘round boys let me tell you a story, I know that it is sad, don’t know if it is true. The mill boys sing of a woman from Babinda who could swing a cane knife like the gun cutters do. And when she’d swing, she’d sing with a voice as clear as the morning. And her hips would sway like the cane fields sway in the warm northern breeze. And when she’d move she’d flow just like molassas, dark and smooth and sweet. And her laugh was like the rain, it washed away that solid heat. No one else ever sang that way, no one else ever moved that way, no one else ever laughed that way – and when she walked through town all the Tully boys say: “Shake it”. The monsoon rains came down in November. The Johnstone River ran brown and wide. Two cruel eyes watched as she rest by the water’s edge. Old man croc snapped – the cane lands cried. He went shake, roll, dive to the bottom of the river. Now that was many years before, the men don’t swing their knives no more, but the cane fields are still growing, and the Johnstone is still flowing and the old men watch the flames dance as the cane field burn. Yes, the flames shake and dance and their memories return. No one else ever sang that way, no one else ever moved that way, no one else ever laughed that way – and when she walked through town all the Tully boys say: “Shake it” Shake, roll, dive to the bottom of the river.

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from Sleeper, released September 1, 2009

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